Restaurants near Portland Farmers Market

Higgins is a regular in my rotation of Portland fine dining and farm-to-table restaurants. Excellent food, service, bar, everything. Never a disappointment, although the crab and bay shrimp cakes were not great, but good enough and ate them all. Duck, pasta, beets, on tonight's menu were excellent. Highly recommended.

Jake's Famous Crawfish is one of our go-to restaurants in Portland. It's been there forever (actually, more than 100 years) and retains its old-world ambiance and service. Servers all wear short, white jackets and are schooled well, so even the younger ones thrive, and there are several true veterans. The food is prepared perfectly and arrives quickly. It's great for a special occasion or with a special friend. It tends to be busy on weekends, so make a reservation.

Traditional pre xmas dinner with our son and his wife. Always great service, food, atmosphere. Our server, Hank, was the bees knees, with perfect timing and graceful manners. Than you Ringside for being center stage of an anticipated yearly treat.

While searching for a different dining experience in my city. I saw the BEASTRO and was intrigued by the fusion of Island and Korean food, then I made a lunch reservation. The menu items that we chose were generous, more than we could eat in one sitting. I recommend the restaurant for the fusion experience. I will return for the dinner menu options which sounded tasty.

We still miss Nel Centro. Zags is slowly recovering (hopefully),